📍 6910 Defoe Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 80911
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Colorado Springs, El Paso County. The school has 519 pupils enrolled. It is part of the School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School enrolls 519 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 248 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 68 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 519 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is one of 18 schools in School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of, based in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The district serves 9,290 students district-wide and employs 583 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 519 students, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is close to the district average of about 516 students per school.
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